A new indoor skate park will open in Dundee after plans were given the green light by council planning bosses.
Dundee City Council has approved plans for the former Tannadice Motors unit at Angus Works to be transformed into an indoor skatepark.
The approval comes after previous attempts to secure planning permission for an indoor skatepark in Dundee were rejected by the local authority.
‘Growing demand’ for indoor venue
Skaters Scott Young and Lewis Allan are the brains behind the plans, which will see a “high-quality, professionally constructed timber skatepark” come to the city.
This, the application outlines, is to meet the “growing demand among wheeled sports users in Dundee for a safe space to practise their chosen sport all year round”.
Speaking about securing planning permission for the project, Scott thanked those who had helped them get to this stage.
“We are ecstatic to receive planning permission and would like say a massive thank you to all the members of the skate and wheeled sports community who have supported the project”, he said.
“Now we can proceed with finalising the skatepark design and begin the transformation into a facility which beginners to experienced skaters can progress, improve and push their passion.
“(The skatepark) will create a safe space to learn within your abilities and allow accessibility to wheeled sports users in and around Dundee.”
No opening date has been set for the indoor skatepark, as planning permission had to be secured before the designs are finalised.
The Angus Works unit that has been chosen for the skatepark has been empty since June last year.
Previous plans rejected by council
Scott and Lewis had lodged an application this year to redevelop three empty units in the Dryburgh Industrial Estate into an indoor skatepark.
However, these plans were knocked back by the authority’s planning department in May and a subsequent appeal was also unsuccessful.
Councillors cited poor public transport links to the premises and the fact it is designated for industrial business, not leisure purposes, as reasons for the rejection.
The city’s last indoor skatepark, The Factory, closed in 2019 after 20 years, and other skating spots in the city are all outdoors.
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